Prepared by: Institutional Research
A.  GENERAL INFORMATION

A0.  Respondent Information (Not for Publication)

  • Name:   Patricia Ramsey    
  • Title:  Coordinator of Statistical Research   
  • Office: Institutional Research    
  • Mailing Address, City/State/Zip/Country:  Research Pavilion, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 215, Orlando, FL 32826-3269  
  • Phone:   407.823.6271   
  • Fax:    407.823.4769   
  • E-mail Address:    ramsey@mail.ucf.edu            
  • Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's web site?
    yes: no:

    If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding web page:
    http://www.iroffice.ucf.edu/

A1.  Address Information

  • Name of College or University: University of Central Florida
  • Mailing Address, City/State/Zip: Orlando, FL 32816
  • Street Address (if different), City/State/Zip ........
  • Main Phone: (407) 823-2000
  • WWW Home Page Address: http://www.ucf.edu/
  • Admissions Phone Number: (407) 823-3000
  • Admissions Office Mailing Address: P.O. Box 160111, Orlando, FL 32816-0111
  • Admissions Fax Number: (407) 823-5625
  • Admissions E-mail Address: admission@mail.ucf.edu
  • Admissions WWW Home Page Address: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~admissio/

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)
 
Public
Private (nonprofit) 
Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

Coeducational college 
Men's college
Women's college 

A4. Academic year calendar

Semester
Quarter
Trimester 
Other
4-1-4
Continuous 
Differs by program 

A5. Degrees offered by your institution

 
Certificate
Diploma
Associate
Transfer
Terminal
Bachelor's
Postbachelor's certificate
Master's
Post-Master's Certificate
Specialist
Doctoral
First professional
First professional certificate

B.  ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE

B1. Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women
        Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2003.

 
FULL-TIME
PART-TIME
 
Men
Women
Men
Women
Undergraduates        
Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen
2,712
2,968
127
158
Other first-year, degree-seeking
685
511
119
122
All other degree-seeking
8,177
10,660
3,485
4,239
Total degree-seeking
11,574
14,139
3,731
4,519
All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses
32
12
68
95
Total undergraduates
11,606
14,151
3,799
4,614
First-professional        
First-time, first-professional students
na
na
na
na
All other first-professionals
na
na
na
na
Total first-professional        
Graduate        
Degree-seeking, first-time
409
542
289

443

All degree-seeking
795
945
1091
1408
All other graduates enrolled in credit courses (Postbac)
17
28
410
555
Total graduate
1,221
1,515
1,790
2,406

Total all undergraduates: 34,170
Total all graduate and professional students: 6,932

Grand total all students:  41,102

B2. Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category
       Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2003. Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first twocolumns.

 
DEGREE-SEEKING
FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR
DEGREE-SEEKING
UNDER-GRADUATES
TOTAL
UNDER-GRADUATES
Non-Resident Aliens
16
405
 
Black, non-Hispanic
525
2,802
 
American Indian or Alaskan Native 
25
189
 
Asian or Pacific Islander 
325
1,671
 
Hispanic 
777
4,001
 
White, non-Hispanic
4,072
23,582
 
Race/ethnicity unknown 
225
1,313
 
Total
5,965
33,963
 

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003
 

Certificate/Diploma
 Degrees
Associate degrees
194
Bachelor's degrees 
6,732
Postbachelor's certificate
222
* Master's
1,451
Post-master's certificate  
Doctoral
110
First professional   
First professional certificate  

* Master's Degree Detail

  • 1,430 Master's
  • 21 Specialist's

Graduation Rates 
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2003 Web-based survey.

For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs

Please provide data for the fall 1997 cohort if available. If fall 1997 cohort data are not available, provide data for the fall 1996 cohort.

Fall 1996 Cohort

Fall 1997 Cohort

Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1996. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1996.

Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 1997. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 1997.

B4.   Initial 1996 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: __________________

B4.   Initial 1997 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: ___2804_______________

B5.   Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ______________________

B5.   Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, or service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions: ____0__________________

B6.   Final 1996 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: _______________

B6.   Final 1997 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: __2804__________

          (Subtract question B5 from question B4)

          (Subtract question B5 from question B4)

B7.   Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2000): ___________

B7.   Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2001): ___782_____

B8.   Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2000 and by August 31, 2001): _________________

B8.   Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002): __592____________

B9.   Of the initial 1996 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2001 and by August 31, 2002): ______________

B9.   Of the initial 1997 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2002 and by August 31, 2003): __154_________

B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): ______________

B10. Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9): ___1528_____

B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1996 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): ____________ %

B11. Six-year graduation rate for 1997 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6): ___54.5_ %

For Two-Year Institutions:
Sections B12 - B21 do not apply to University of Central Florida (a four year institution).

Retention Rates
Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking
undergraduate students who entered in fall 2002 (or the preceding summer term).  The
initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons:  deceased,
permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government or official
church missions.  No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

B22.  For the cohort of all full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate
students who entered your institution as freshmen in fall 2002 (or the preceding summer term),
what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its
official enrollment in fall 2003?  82.7%

C.  FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: : Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2003. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men applied 
8,917
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women applied 
11,616
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women applied
20,533

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men admitted
5,467
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women admitted
6,822
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women admitted
12,289
   
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled 2,712
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled  127
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled  2,968
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled  158
   
Total (full-time & part-time), first-time, first-year (freshman) men and women enrolled  5,965
C2. Freshman wait-listed students
(students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? yes: no:

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2003 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 
629
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 
378
Number of wait-listed students admitted 
0

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted 
High school diploma is requried and GED is not accepted 
High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

Require 
Recommend
Neither require nor recommend

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

  Units required Units recommended
Total academic units
19
 
English
4
 
Mathematics
3
 
Science
3
 
Of these, units that must be lab 
(2)
 
Foreign language
2
 
Social studies
3
 
History    
Academic electives
 4
 
Other (specify)

 

 


Basis for Selection

C6.  Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications). If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students 

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but
 

selective admission for out-of state students 
selective admission to some programs 
other (explain)

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
 

  Very Important  Important  Considered  Not Considered 
Academic      
Secondary school record 
Class rank 
Recommendation(s) 
Standardized test scores